Australian XC Championships 10km ; Weekend Ketchup

Spent Saturday morning watching the Australian XC Championships at Stromlo. Great racing in very tough conditions (wind, cold, snow). A couple of Masters racers from Australian Masters Athletics Championships in Adelaide were running. Daniel from Tassie and Paul from South Australia. I only managed 30 minutes of running before heading away for the weekend.

Keith ran Tuggeranong Parkrun 5km earlier in the day with splits: 3:46, 3:38, 3:42, 3:39, 3:32. Keith's in good form.

I headed out to the bush weekend away with a few friends. The Saturday PM session was 15km with a 6:30 power hill included mid-session. The Sunday run was 20km in 76 minutes, very solid all the way with a couple of big hills. I did a 2km loosener after the drive home.

The weather doesn't look good this week. I will run 6,5,4,3,2,1 minute efforts at Stromlo this afternoon with 30 seconds float recovery.

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